As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

So he exhaled foul breath, looked at Huamanlou and said, "What does nephew want to do?"

Hua Manlou breathed a sigh of relief at this time: Old fox, it's really not easy to lie to you!

I thought so in my heart, but said: "Uncle Shi just collect as much evidence as possible in the near future, the more the better, when the time comes..."

"It's that simple?"

"Yes, it's that simple."

465. Not enough brains

What Hua Manlou said was mysterious and mysterious, and he seemed to keep Lu Kun completely limping, but in fact...

How could Hua ManLou, who is a salted fish, have a precise plan?

Huamanlou's various operations have always been based on his understanding of history and the conclusions of later generations. He has never played the real court struggle at all-for example, the grassland is borrowed from the old Gaoge's gameplay, and the Taimiao That was basically a whim, so it wasn't political at all.

The real masters of court struggle usually plan before making moves, and they either kill their opponents, or just like chess, they take one move and count ten steps and one meal to force their opponents to death in a corner. It's a pity that Hua Manlou is too invincible, if not for this, he would have been played to death long ago.

But Huamanlou was originally from Yeluzi, he didn't want to rely too much on his father's side, but on his wife's side...

Well, the daughter-in-law was going to give him some advice, but after Hua Manlou flirted with her, she made Miss Wen think that he had a plan in mind, so she just ignored it.

You know, this is a patriarchal society. Although Miss Wen is quite independent, she is still inevitably affected by the environment. She is quite concerned about whether she will cover up Huamanlou's light and make him unhappy. Therefore, she will not get involved in most of the things that Huamanlou decides for herself.

So when Hua Manlou came home from Xuanwuwei, she was still sighing: "This is my daughter-in-law, so I just say I don't care, so I don't care? Are you not afraid that I will play off?"

Of course, using the information provided by Xuanwuwei to select people from the Jin merchant Zhongna Shangshu lineage, and collect evidence to accuse them of this matter, Huamanlou can do it. The general idea is still there, but he is true in details Some hard hands, to put it bluntly, lack the oppressive feeling of one-hit kills.

After all...

This is the case with Chao Zheng, not to mention the aftermath of killing a snake, if you don't have enough strength, if you attack it lightly, it is easy to be resolved by the opponent, or it will bite back, and the matter will be passive.

"Speaking of which, what is the process of impeachment?" Hua Manlou remembered another matter.

In the past two years, the person who has been impeached the most in the court is Huamanlou. He is the number one in the court in terms of the strength and density of attracting firepower, but being impeached and impeaching others are two different things. It's not clear how impeachment should play out.

"So do you want to write a memorial... or go to court? If you go to court, remember to write what you want to say on the wat board?" Hua Manlou was still a little dazed when he got off the carriage at the door of the house: " Speaking of which, an ivory wat board was handed out when I was promoted to a bachelor, where the hell did I get it?"

When Huamanlou was thinking about it, he saw a man in a strange dress with a waist circumference of more than four feet walking towards him holding a white hairpin, and said with a joyful smile: "My dear friend Xishan Bo, may the Longevity bless you! !"

In a daze, Hua Manlou even saw a few big men performing singing and dancing on both sides...

"Wait, let me stroke it..." Hua Manlou looked up at the four characters of "Huai'an Bofu" on the eaves of the door, and then looked at the group of Mongolian men in front of the door, a little dazed: "When the hell am I Have you traveled to the Yuan Dynasty?"

"What Yuan Dynasty?" While talking, the man had already put Bai Liaozi on Huamanlou's shoulders, and then gave him a firm hug: "Brother Ma, long time no see!"

Huamanlou could only feel a pungent fishy smell rushing towards his face and head straight to his forehead. This smell almost made him stumble, and at the same time, it also dispelled the man in front of him and the person who was almost thrown into the corner in his memory. Someone who had been scammed contacted: "Uh...brother?"

Er Situmu took Hua Manlou's hand kindly: "Brother Ma, I'm here to see you!"

"Horse...Male Gobi Songshou!" Hua Manlou struggled crazily, "Why are you so strong? Are you here for revenge?"

"What are you talking about?" Erstum smiled all over his face: "Brother Ma can make jokes!"

……

Huai'an uncle's mansion, the front hall.

Hua Man Lou Hua Er opened all the windows to diffuse the smell, and then asked Er Situm with an awkward face: "When did Brother Er come to Dazhao? I didn't seem to see you when I went to Honglu Temple two days ago." ?”

Er Situmu looked at Huamanlou happily and said, "I just arrived early this morning. After I settled down, I heard that Brother Ma is in the capital, so I came to see you."

Hua Manlou resisted the urge to complain about him calling himself Brother Ma, raised his eyebrows and said, "Brother Er came to Da Zhao... probably for paying tribute?"

"This...isn't it?" Erstum said as if uncertain.

It can be seen that Wala is not used to referring to the exchange market as a tribute so far—at least Erstumu is quite awkward.

Hua Manlou pretended not to know: "Is that so... what do you mean?"

Er Situm coughed dryly: "Hey, the main thing is that, I want to talk to Brother Ma about the lease."

Hua Manlou smiled slightly: "What, out of stock?"

"This... this is one, and the other is to ask Brother Ma, can... can I get a discount?" Er Situm asked cautiously.

"Huh?" Hua Manlou was a little confused.

This... is for business negotiations, right?

Seeing that Huamanlou seemed a little dissatisfied, Erstum hurriedly said: "Brother Ma, I, Erstum, am not an insatiable person, and I also know the difficulty of making Purdue and firecrackers on your side, and I know more about your attitude towards Wala. But... But at the end of last year, it snowed heavily, and countless livestock died of freezing and starvation, so this year we are a little tight, but now the battle situation is approaching a critical time..."

"Haha..." Hua Manlou was even more confused.

In business negotiations, how can you tell the truth at the beginning?Mengren is so naive...it doesn't matter, Estum seems to be very shrewd in the last negotiation?

It has to be said that Hua Manlou has entered into a misunderstanding of thinking-Estumu is not negotiating this time, but pleading, because he has no bargaining chips at all.

As he said, last year's snow disaster caused huge losses to all grassland ministries. If it weren't for Huamanlou's banner to maintain business relations with Wala, a large number of people would have died in Wala last winter.What's more, Huamanlou is now the only one who 'rents' firearms to the outside world. Other countries, including Bangzi, Ryukyu, Siam, etc., have not even got a single Pudu. It even counts as kindness.

Although matters between countries cannot be dealt with according to personal relations, in reality, Wala's current situation is purely due to Huamanlou's support, so Wala Khan asked Erstum before coming here Be polite, so...

"Brother Ma, most of the tribes in the west of Tatar have already surrendered, but now the number of firearms is too small, so it is difficult to advance the front line to the east, so we can provide less goods, so... can you make a discount? Or extend the lease period for a period of time?" Er Situm's attitude was very sincere.

"You...you allow me to stroke it a little..." Hua Manlou felt that his brain was not enough.

466. As if in a dream

Hua Manlou searched for a while before finding a dusty quotation from the corner of his memory that was almost forgotten by him: [-] homemade grenades for [-] pieces of cowhide, war horses and firecrackers ——and it’s still the kind of matchlock gun that was developed at the beginning—the exchange ratio is one for two, one for one cattle...

This offer is almost equivalent to Ming Qiang.

However, Huamanlou, who came back from Japan with a mountain of silver, almost forgot about the fucking business he once made, and even though Huamanlou no longer likes such a small order, this offer is still valid so far .

In fact, after Huamanlou returned to Beijing, Gu Xinghuai, the foreign trade manager of Xishan, came to chat with him about the situation on the grassland, but at that time he felt that he had a rare leisure and was full of thoughts about taking a big vacation for himself, so when he listened Pretty casual.Now, after hearing Er Situmu's description, Hua Manlou gradually understood the current situation of the grassland.

Obviously, Erstumu had completely tasted the sweetness of firearms, and he believed in what Huamanlou had said to fool him.

In the spring of last year, the entire Oirat army marched eastward with firearms as the main force. It not only slaughtered all the tribes that had defected to the Tatars, but also attracted and coerced dozens of small tribes to surrender.

After receiving the news, the chaotic Tatars who had been mixed up by Huamanlou, including several princes vying for the Khan throne, felt that Wala could not be allowed to dominate, so they temporarily ceased fighting and organized a coalition army Hope to beat Wala back to his hometown.

The two sides encountered each other at the end of June last year. After some trials, the Tatars assembled a large army to make a surprise attack, hoping to win the battle, but they did not want to suffer a big defeat. The Oala army fired all firecrackers, bows and arrows. After approaching, there was another round Purdue is like a replica of the previous Battle of Datong. After Oala completely disabled the Tatar Central Army, the coalition forces fell apart and returned in a big defeat.

Wala, who had already been compressed into a corner by the Tatars and could hardly survive the day, could be regarded as elated. With the power of a great victory, they planned various counter-offensives, and even had a big appetite hoping to swallow the Tatars in one gulp.

However, at this time Erstum received the news that there were not enough firearms.

After a little calculation, Erstum almost vomited blood: Most of the spoils after the war, except military rewards, had to be handed over to Huamanlou for exchange...Lent firearms—that is, Wala was almost reduced to Huaman The building is full of workers.

But despite this, Oala’s strength has also increased because of getting more land, cattle and sheep, captives and slaves. Erstum felt that if he could swallow the Tatars in one gulp, it would not be a big deal to pay more money. But after the winter, heavy snowfalls brought the whole grassland almost into despair.

Hua Manlou had already analyzed that if they could barely survive, the threat of the grassland people would not be that great, but if they couldn't survive, then most of these people could do anything, so they should have survived the winter obediently There was a large-scale involution in the grassland, not only in the Tatars, but also in Oala.

Fortunately, because of the existence of trade, Wala will not be hurt, but after all, it is poorer than before.

Under such circumstances, rinderpest suddenly broke out in the spring of this year, and then the Tatars planned a second coalition raid in order to avenge last year—or perhaps because they knew that there were not many Oara firearms in stock.

Snowstorms, rebellions, plagues, and wars, no matter which ones are fatal, after desperately repelling the Tatar attack, Oara Khan immediately wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and sent Erstumu to Dazhao, expecting to get the goods including firearms and Aid including food.

Therefore, the essence of Erstumu's mission this time is to apply for assistance—or begging is more standard, rather than the commercial negotiation that Huamanlou thought.

After all, today's Wala really can't get anything out.

It was not difficult for Huamanlou to find out the current situation on the grassland, and even Erstum felt that he knew the situation of the entire grassland better than anyone else—Gu Xinghuai did not only trade with Wala, but also with the Tatar tribes who surrendered to Zhao, It is not difficult to draw the situation of the whole grassland in this situation.

So in this embarrassing situation, Erstumu lying to Huamanlou was tantamount to suicide. He couldn't bear the consequences, and neither could Wala.

After thinking about this series of things, Hua Manlou looked at Er Situm with a slightly wrong expression: Good man, Lao Er is really a good man, he is running here without a trace, it is almost equivalent to sending himself Taking it as a bamboo stick and sending him to the door to be knocked...

Nice guy!

According to the situation of Wala... or the whole grassland, even if they didn't ask to come to the door, Da Zhao still wanted to help them - this matter was decided by Emperor Guangxing according to Huamanlou's analysis of grassland people Strategy.

In fact, as early as when the snow disaster happened, the capital had already mobilized a batch of food and grass and sent it to the tribes who surrendered to Zhao.

This strategy was despised by many people at the time, and many people regarded it as an enemy, and many civil officials even gathered at the Meridian Gate to mourn, but Emperor Guangxing managed to accomplish the matter under pressure, and it was as he thought. Generally speaking, when the Tatars went south to plunder in winter, all of them were stopped by the tribes who received the aid.

The same is true for Oala's side. If they don't provide some assistance, Oala will definitely go south when they can't survive, but if they are given something to keep them alive, they will continue to fight the Tatars.

As soon as he thought of this Huamanlou, he said with a sad face: "Brother Er...why did you come to me in summer?"

Er Situmu, who was flushed with embarrassment, was taken aback when he heard the sound: "What?"

"Brother Er, it's not that I'm talking about you, are you...too out of touch?" Hua Manlou resisted the smell and walked up to Er Situmu and patted him on the shoulder: "It's so difficult It’s getting to the point where you can even send someone to say something, but you have come all the way to see me in person, how much will your people suffer during this period?”

"This..." Er Situm was dumbfounded.

In his vision, he should kneel down and beg no matter what, or sign a treaty that pays usury more than usury in exchange for Da Zhao's assistance, but the words have only just begun...

Why do you suddenly feel that something is wrong with this script?

"Brother Er, I will go to the palace to report this matter to His Majesty, and try to mobilize some grain from the Hetao area as soon as possible. At the same time, I, Xishan, will provide you with [-] Pudu and firecracker ammunition at the previous lease price. Certainly, Gu Xinghuai will discuss the details with you afterwards," Hua Manlou hurried out, "I won't say much today, and tomorrow night I will hold a banquet in the Crane Tower to cleanse Brother E... that's it!"

"Uh..." Sitting stupidly in the front hall of the Huai'an uncle's mansion, Mutu starved to death, as if in a dream: "Brother Ma, wait a minute! Wait a minute! It's better to clarify things first!"

"What time is it, still talking? Why don't you seem to be in a hurry at all?"

467. Merchant's Problem

Everyone knows that there is no free lunch in the world.

Er Situmu is neither stupid nor crazy, he knows better than anyone else how insane Huamanlou's pricing is, so when Huamanlou said that the details of the goods first and then the payment are slowly discussed, he couldn't help but burst into liver tremors, It was as if a person who had lost so much money in a casino was being forced to sign a loan shark with [-] out of [-] returns, he was in a bad mood.

It's not easy to take things that are full of flowers...

So what Huamanlou wants is to steal money from them?

Absolutely not.

After all, how could cheating them be as efficient as cheating Japanese people?You must know that there are not only silver mines on the island of Waguo, but also gold mines. If Huamanlou's heart is a little dark, it is estimated that there are gold mines on the island.

On the other hand, Wala...

Although Huamanlou knows that there are many minerals on the grassland, apart from coal mines, there are not a few non-ferrous metals such as copper, lead, zinc, tungsten, tin, etc., as well as oil, natural gas and the world's number one rare earth mine.

However, regardless of whether the current situation on the grassland is suitable for prospecting and mining, as far as the current level of technology is concerned, Huamanlou does not know where to use these things, so in fact the role of Oala on Dazhao It only exists in the strategy of national defense, and this is precisely what Xi Shanbo is most responsible for.

In fact, the existence of Oala is related to Da Zhao's layout of the entire grassland, and also related to whether Da Zhao can establish a qualified defense line in the north when the Tatar internal friction cannot go south. After Huamanlou returned to Beijing, Xuanfu, Datong, Shaanxi The reorganization of the first-line guards in Ningxia and Ningxia has already begun, and it is Qi Wanrong's father who is in charge of this matter.

So whether Hua Manlou is willing or not, he has to pay attention to this matter. After all, he himself is the initiator of the reform of the guards, and his father-in-law is the actual executor...

What's more troublesome is that the reorganization in the north is different from that in the southeast, because the southeast side is completely corrupted. What Huamanlou did at the time was to break it up completely and then select suitable people to join the navy. It can be said to be a complete change. .

He dared to do this because he plowed the Japanese pirates like a plow, so the reform of the guards would not encounter too many challenges and too much resistance from the beginning. It's a pot of porridge, but there will still be some tribes taking advantage of the chaos and going south to plunder.

Therefore, the restructuring in the north must not be too fanfare, and it cannot be done across the board like Huamanlou's training in the southeast. Therefore, the restructuring will generally take two to three years.

In the past two or three years, it is obvious that the northern defense line is slightly weak. After all, the new army needs to be trained and the ordnance needs to be prepared. Therefore, during this period, there can be no chaos in the grassland, nor can a unified situation be formed, let alone all kinds of coincidences. The impact of the Tatars led to the destruction of the country.

Wala can be regarded as a thorn in the back of Tatar buried in Huamanlou. As long as they exist, Tatar will not stop for a day, and when Tatar does not have a talented and bold person to unify the various ministries, even if they unite, they can't do anything. If he pulls out this thorn, he can only fall into crazy internal friction.

Just imagine, several Tatar tribes fought well, but suddenly an Oirat cavalry raided their lair, who can bear it?Therefore, with the presence of Wala, it is difficult to unify the leaderless Tatars, which is not harmful to Zhao Baili.

Therefore, Wala must not just collapse—of course, after Da Zhao's complete rise, whether they exist or not will not be a big problem.

Besides...

If there is Er Situmu's testimony, wouldn't Shanxi merchants privately resell salt and iron to the grassland?

Shanxi merchants can sell their goods to Jurchen, so of course they can also sell their goods to Wala, and based on Hua Manlou's previous life history, they can even tinker with Eastern Europe when they engage in foreign trade. What is Wala?

Therefore, what Huamanlou was anxious about was not at all to fiddle with aid supplies for Wala, but to go to Gu Xinghuai to contact some people.

As I said long ago, Shanxi merchants are by no means monolithic.

After Huamanlou completely took over the business with Wala, while people from the Hubu Shangshu lineage attacked him, of course there were also a group of people who wanted to cooperate with Huamanlou, but at that time Huamanlou's social circle It's too small, and everyone is a high-ranking person, so this group of people has no connections at all-no matter how capable Shanxi merchants are, they dare not go to the prince or cabinet scholars to introduce business, right?

But as Huamanlou's stalls got bigger and bigger, and the people around him tried their best to contact people around him in order to reach a cooperation intention. Gu Xinghuai was approached many times. From time to time, Qiaoqiao would be approached by distant relatives who suddenly appeared from Datong Mansion.

Although Hua Manlou is still too lazy to talk to this group of people, it has to be said that with the help of this group of people, the difficulty of counterattacking the Minister of the Household Department will be greatly reduced, and Gu Xinghuai can be freed from the grassland affairs to do shipping work. ——That's the same sentence, how can the profits on the grassland be as big as the profits of sea trade?

only……

"Uncle, do you mean that you want to meet these merchants in person?" Gu Xinghuai was a little puzzled after hearing Huamanlou's request.